Saving Walden's world / a film by Jim Merkel ; producer/director, Jim Merkel ; director (Cuba), Deborah Shaffer ; producer, Bob Maraist.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Merkel, Jim, director, producer, editor of moving image work, publisher.

Maraist, Bob, producer.

Shaffer, Deborah, director.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Malayalam

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Merkel, Jim.

Arms dealers--United States--Biography.

Arms dealers.

Women political activists.

Social ecology.

Women--India--Kerala--Social conditions.

Women.

Women--Cuba--Social conditions.

Women--Slovenia--Social conditions.

Climatic changes.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Biographical films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : James Merkel, 2024.

Language Note:

In English.

In Spanish.

In Malayalam.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

When a young arms dealer discovers his work is harming families in less affluent societies, he has an ethical crisis and begins a decades-long journey to redeem himself and make the world a better place. Saving Walden's World is a revealing new film following Jim Merkel as he raises Walden, a budding scientist, in an off-the-grid homestead and wonders: could the very people his past-life's work targeted, hold the keys to a sustainable planet? A journey into "enemy" territory ensues, meeting powerful women who reshape society to work for all. Far from affluent utopias, Kerala, Cuba and Slovenia offer women free college, access to contraception, maternity leave, childcare, dentistry and healthcare. Services unimaginable in much of Jim's blue-collar America. As earth temperatures soar, the stakes couldn't get higher.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed January 17, 2025).

OCLC:

1472956285